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Thursday, December 18, 2014

When i saw this Joan's rainbow cake in tamil movie "Un Samayal Arayal" which is the remake of Malayalam movie "Salt n Pepper" i very munch tempted to make this cake.But i didnt get the proper recipe for this recipe. Suddenly last month i caught a mail from swathi ,says we have to bake Joan's rainbow cake for December month challenge. Even though i'm not posting any recipe in my blog for past one month due to my personal reason. I made my mind to post this recipe .Thanks Swathi and Juile of Erivum puliyum .Really enjoyed doing this challenge.Linking this recipe to Baking partner challenge.

Ingredients

Strawberry Cake

All purpose Flour 1/2 cup

Corn Flour 1 tbsp

Baking powder 1 tsp

Egg 1 No

Butter 2 tbsp

Oil 2 tbsp

Sugar 1/2 cup

Strawberry puree 100 grams

Red food color few drops (Optional)

Strawberry extract 1 tsp (Optional)

Pistha Cake

All purpose Flour 1/2 cup

Corn Flour 1 tbsp

Baking powder 1 tsp

Egg 1 No

Butter 2 tbsp

Oil 2 tbsp

Sugar 1/2 cup

Pista 1/2 cup

Milk 1/4 cup

Green food color few drops (Optional)

Orange Cake

All purpose Flour 1/2 cup

Corn Flour 1 tbsp

Baking powder 1 tsp

Egg 1 No

Butter 2 tbsp

Oil 2 tbsp

Sugar 1/2 cup

Orange Juice 1/4 cup

Orange Zest 1/2 tsp

Orange Food color few drops (optional)

Method

Wash and hull strawberries,chop the strawberries.Combine the chopped strawberries,sugar(1 tbsp) and water in a small sauce pan.Cook till softened,cool the mixture and puree to a paste.

Preheat oven to 350F . Grease the baking pan or line it with parchment paper.(I used two 4" cake pan.)

In a bowl shift flour and baking powder. In a separate bowl cream butter,oil and sugar together. Add egg and beat well. Now add flour and fold in well.Then add strawberry puree and combine well. Add red food color and strawberry extract if using.Combine well and pour the batter into the prepared cake pan.Bake it for 30- 35 minutes or until tooth pick comes out clean.Allow the cake to cool completely

Pista Cake

Soak the pista in milk for 30 minutes to an hour . Blend the pista in a blender as a fine paste.

Preheat oven to 350F . Grease the baking pan or line it with parchment paper.(I used two 4" cake pan.)

In a bowl shift flour and baking powder. In a separate bowl cream butter,oil and sugar together. Add egg and beat well. Now
add flour and fold in well.Then add pista puree and combine well.
Add green food color if using.Combine well and pour
the batter into the prepared cake pan.Bake it for 30- 35 minutes or until tooth pick comes out clean.Allow the cake to cool completely Orange CakePreheat oven to 350F . Grease the baking pan or line it with parchment paper.(I used two 4" cake pan.)

In a bowl shift flour and baking powder. In a separate bowl cream butter,oil and sugar together. Add egg and beat well. Now
add flour and fold in well.Then add orange juice,orange zest and combine well.
Add orange food color if using.Combine well and pour
the batter into the prepared cake pan.Bake it for 30- 35 minutes or until tooth pick comes out clean.Allow the cake to cool completely.

Whip the cream in a hand blender until firm. once cream become firm add sugar ,vanilla extract and beat unitl soft peeksTrim the domed portion of the cake. First place orange cake and apply dollop of whipped cream on top. Now place the second cake and apply a dollop of whipped cream and place the 3rd one.Now crumb coat the entire cake with whipped cream and place in the fridge for an hour.And then take out from the fridge and apply more whipped cream on the sides on top . Decorate the top of the cake with your choice.Note

I halved the original recipe to cut down the calories i made it in a 2x4" cake pan.You can double the quantity and able to do in 6" inch pan.

Monday, November 17, 2014

These cookies are moist and soft like cake and sandwiched them with a creamy vanilla filling.These pumpkin whoopie pie are good recipe for thanksgiving day dessert.Linking it to Baking Partner Challenge.

Monday, November 10, 2014

Any one don't like Chocolate cake and frosting Cake ? There is one person i know is my hubby.If so what cake i can bake for his birthday? . Simple vanilla cake ? No i want to bake something special for his birthday.While googling i came across this valentine cake recipe. So i thought why can't i bake this surprise cake? Its cool right.Its simple and easy to bake.

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

For this month baking partner challenge Divya
Ashok of Divya's Dinner suggested this cake. She is good
cake designer and runs a bake shop. I wanted try a cake decoration ever since I
started baking cake. Bought a cake decorating tool recently and at the same
time I got this recipe. So without waiting started preparing this. Thanks
swathi and Divya for this recipe.I don't have a 6' inch round pan. So made it in 7" square pan

Ingredients

For
Strawberry Puree

Rip Fresh Strawberry
1 lb

Sugar
1 tbsp

For
the Cake

Cake
Flour
1 cup + 2 tbsp

Baking
Powder 2 tsp

Salt
1/2 tsp

Sugar
3/4 cup

Butter
6 tbsp

Egg
2 eggs

Strawberry
Puree 1/4 cup

Vanilla
Extract 1 tsp

Red Food
Color a pinch
(Optional)

Method

Strawberry
Puree

Wash and hull fresh
ripe strawberries. Cut it in to small pieces and transfer it to a bowl. Add a
tablespoon of sugar and give a quick mix. Cover it and allow it to sit for 2-3
hours/ overnight in the refrigerator. Strawberries will become tender and
juicy.

Simmer the tender
strawberries in a pan with ¼ cup of water for 20-25 mins in low flame. Mash it
well with a spatula and allow it to cool.

Once cooled transfer
the contents to the blender with ¼ cup of water and puree the cooked
strawberries.

Filter the puree to
remove any chunky pieces.

Again bring the filtered puree to the stove
and slow cook it in low flame for another 15 mins. Reduce the puree to 1/4 cup.
(If you have a little more puree reserve it for filling)

For
the cake

Preheat oven to 350
F. Grease or line the two 6” pans.

Cut the butter in to
pieces and allow them to sit at room temperature. Break open the eggs in a bowl
and keep it ready.

In a mixing bowl
, take 1/4 cup of strawberry puree and milk whisk together well.Whisk egg
one at a time and combine well.

Now add vanilla
extract ,red food color and combine well.

In a large mixing
bowl , sift cake flour , baking powder and salt. Mix well using hand mixer or
spatula.

Toss in softened
butter and mix until it bread crumbs like texture.

Slowly add the wet
ingredients into the dry ingredients little by little.

Pour the batter
equally into two 6" cake pans.

The mixture will not
be runny and it will be difficult to spread. Don't use spoon to spread it,
instead drop the pans on the counter multiple times to level the batter.

Bake it at 350
degrees for 25-30 mins or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.

Once done cool it on
a wire rack and cover with plastic wrap freeze it for overnight.

Decorating a Cake

Remove the cake from
the freezer 4 hours before you start decorating and place it at room temperature.

Basic Butter cream
Frosting Recipe

Ingredients

Butter3 sticks or 11/2 cups softened

Powder Sugar41/2 cups sifted

Heavy Cream3 tbsp

Vanilla Extract1 tsp

Salta pinch

Method

In a large mixing
bowl, add softened butter and mix it till it becomes creamy.